Resources for Thomas Merton

By buckeyemuse | February 27, 2014

There’a a wealth of material on Thomas Merton, so I’m going to list some of the better known biographies and critical works here for anyone who might be interested in learning more about Merton. Here are some important biographies: Living With Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton by Jim Forest (Orbis Books, 1991). Merton: A…

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The Long Journey of Thomas Merton

By buckeyemuse | February 19, 2014 |

He was born in France and died in Thailand. But when he was laid to rest it was in the soil of the Abbey of Gethsemani near Bardstown, Kentucky where he had lived for 27 years as a monk of the Trappist order, officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance. Thomas…

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